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10.07.2019 | Short Commentary
Enterobius vermicularis Infection of the Uterine Endometrium in an Infertile Female
verfasst von:
Hema Rajesh, Balu Kuppusamy, Chaitra Venkataswamy, Nidhya Ganesan
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Ausgabe 1/2020
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Excerpt
Enterobius vermicularis is the most common human helminth infecting the intestine. Due to its low pathogenicity, infection is usually asymptomatic. Extraintestinal infections of
E. vermicularis are extremely rare. The commonest extraintestinal site of infection is the female genital tract [
1]. The male worm dies in the bowel during copulation, and the gravid female worm can migrate from the perianal region to the vagina and can ascend and reach peritoneum through the uterine cavity and fallopian tube. Various reports are available in the literature of the worm in the vagina, myometrium, endometrium, fallopian tube, ovary and pelvic peritoneum as well as an interesting incident of invasion of a human embryo [
2‐
4]. …